David Newman

David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer and conductor. He is known for his movie scores.  In his career more than thirty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature movies.https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241022603293/en/David-Newman-Advocate-for-the-Creation-of-Tax-Free-Savings-Accounts-and-Increases-in-Canada-Deposit-Insurance-Corporation-Guarantees-Wins-2024-Alexander-S.-Melvin-Award 

Filmography

Film
1980s
 Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 1984 Frankenweenie Tim Burton Walt Disney Pictures Short film 1986 Critters Stephen Herek New Line Cinema  Vendetta Bruce Logan Vestron Pictures  1987 The Kindred Stephen CarpenterJeffrey Obrow FM Entertainment  My Demon Lover Charlie Loventhal New Line Cinema  Malone Harley Cokeliss Orion Pictures  The Brave Little Toaster Jerry Rees The Kushner-Locke CompanyHyperion PicturesBuena Vista Pictures Distribution (US theatrical release)ITC Entertainment (UK theatrical release)Walt Disney Home Video (US video release) David Newman's first score for an animated film Throw Momma from the Train Danny DeVito Orion Pictures  1988 Heathers Michael Lehmann New World Pictures  1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Stephen Herek Nelson EntertainmentInterscope CommunicationsOrion Pictures (US)De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (International)  Disorganized Crime Jim Kouf Silver Screen Partners IVTouchstone Pictures  Little Monsters Richard Alan Greenberg Allied Stars LtdDavis EntertainmentVestron Pictures (original production and distribution company)United Artists (theatrical distribution; Vestron sold the movie to United Artists)  Gross Anatomy Thom Eberhardt Sandollar ProductionsSilver Screen Partners IVTouchstone Pictures  The War of the Roses Danny DeVito Gracie Films20th Century Fox 

1990s
 Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 1990 Madhouse Tom Ropelewski Orion Pictures  Fire Birds David Green Touchstone Pictures  The Freshman Andrew Bergman TriStar Pictures  DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Bob Hathcock DisneyToon StudiosWalt Disney Pictures  Mr. Destiny James Orr Silver Screen Partners IVTouchstone Pictures  Meet the Applegates Michael Lehmann New World Pictures  1991 The Marrying Man Jerry Rees Silver Screen Partners IVHollywood Pictures  Talent for the Game Robert M. Young Paramount Pictures  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Stephen Herek HBO PicturesWarner Bros. Pictures  Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Peter Hewitt Nelson EntertainmentInterscope CommunicationsOrion Pictures  Rover Dangerfield James L. GeorgeBob Seeley Hyperion PicturesWarner Bros. Pictures  Paradise Mary Agnes Donoghue Interscope CommunicationsTouchstone Pictures  Other People's Money Norman Jewison Warner Bros. Pictures  The Runestone Willard Carroll Hyperion PicturesLIVE Entertainment  1992 Itsy Bitsy Spider  Matthew O'Callaghan Hyperion PicturesParamount Pictures Short film Honeymoon in Vegas Andrew Bergman Castle Rock EntertainmentNew Line CinemaColumbia Pictures  The Mighty Ducks Stephen Herek Avnet-Kerner ProductionsWalt Disney Pictures  That Night Craig Bolotin Le Studio Canal+Regency EnterprisesAlcor FilmsWarner Bros. Pictures  Hoffa Danny DeVito Le Studio Canal+Jersey Films20th Century Fox  1993 The Sandlot David Mickey Evans Island World20th Century Fox  Coneheads Steve Barron NBC FilmsParamount Pictures  Undercover Blues Herbert Ross Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  1994 The Air Up There Paul Michael Glaser Nomura Babcock & BrownInterscope CommunicationsPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentHollywood Pictures  My Father the Hero Steve Miner Touchstone Pictures  The Flintstones Brian Levant Hanna-Barbera ProductionsAmblin EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  The Cowboy Way Gregg Champion Imagine EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  I Love Trouble Charles Shyer Caravan PicturesTouchstone Pictures  1995 Boys on the Side Herbert Ross Le Studio Canal+Regency EnterprisesWarner Bros. Pictures  Tommy Boy Peter Segal Paramount Pictures  Operation Dumbo Drop Simon Wincer Interscope CommunicationsPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentWalt Disney Pictures  1996 Big Bully Steve Miner Morgan Creek ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures  The Phantom Simon Wincer The Ladd CompanyVillage Roadshow PicturesParamount Pictures  The Nutty Professor Tom Shadyac Imagine EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  Matilda Danny DeVito Jersey FilmsTriStar Pictures  Jingle All the Way Brian Levant 1492 Pictures20th Century Fox  1997 Out to Sea Martha Coolidge Davis Entertainment20th Century Fox  Anastasia Don BluthGary Goldman 20th Century Fox20th Century Fox AnimationFox Animation Studios  1999  Inspector Gadget David Kellogg Walt Disney PicturesCaravan Pictures  Bowfinger Frank Oz Imagine EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  Brokedown Palace Jonathan Kaplan 20th Century Fox  Galaxy Quest Dean Parisot DreamWorks Pictures  Fantasia 2000 Various Walt Disney Feature AnimationWalt Disney Pictures Score for the "Rhapsody in Blue" segment

2000s
 Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Brian Levant Hanna-Barbera ProductionsAmblin EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Peter Segal Imagine EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  Duets Bruce Paltrow Hollywood Pictures  Bedazzled Harold Ramis Regency Enterprises20th Century Fox  102 Dalmatians Kevin Lima Walt Disney Pictures  2001 The Flamingo Rising Martha Coolidge CBSHallmark Hall of Fame Television film Lost Soul David Mickey Evans Brocita Entertainment (S) Pte LtdOnetree PicturesUnited International Pictures  Dr. Dolittle 2 Steve Carr Davis Entertainment20th Century Fox  The Affair of the Necklace Charles Shyer Alcon EntertainmentWarner Bros. Pictures  2002 Ice Age Chris Wedge Blue Sky Studios20th Century Fox Animation20th Century Fox  Death to Smoochy Danny DeVito Jersey FilmsFilm4Warner Bros. Pictures  Life or Something Like It Stephen Herek Regency EnterprisesDavis Entertainment20th Century Fox  Scooby-Doo Raja Gosnell Atlas EntertainmentWarner Bros. Pictures  2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Donald Petrie Paramount Pictures  Daddy Day Care Steve Carr Revolution StudiosDavis EntertainmentColumbia Pictures  Duplex Danny DeVito Flower FilmsRed Hour ProductionsFilmColonyMiramax Films  The Cat in the Hat Bo Welch Imagine EntertainmentUniversal Pictures (North America)DreamWorks Pictures (International) Replaced Marc Shaiman 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Raja Gosnell Warner Bros. Pictures  2005 Are We There Yet? Brian Levant Revolution StudiosColumbia Pictures  Man of the House Stephen Herek Bel Air EntertainmentRevolution StudiosColumbia Pictures  Monster-in-Law Robert Luketic Allied Stars LtdNew Line Cinema  Serenity Joss Whedon Universal Pictures  2007 Norbit Brian Robbins Tollin/Robbins ProductionsDavis EntertainmentDreamWorks PicturesParamount Pictures  2008  Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins Malcolm D. Lee Spyglass EntertainmentUniversal Pictures  The Spirit Frank Miller OddLot EntertainmentLionsgate  2009 My Life in Ruins Donald Petrie PlaytoneEcho Bridge EntertainmentFox Searchlight Pictures  Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Brian Levant Cartoon NetworkWarner Premiere Television film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Betty Thomas Bagdasarian ProductionsDune EntertainmentRegency Enterprises20th Century Fox 

2010s
 Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 2010 Crazy on the Outside Tim Allen Freestyle Releasing  The Spy Next Door Brian Levant Relativity MediaLionsgate  Animals United Reinhard KloossHolger Tappe Ambient EntertainmentConstantin Film  Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster Brian Levant Atlas EntertainmentWarner Premiere Television film 2011  Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son John Whitesell Regency Enterprises20th Century Fox  2012 A Christmas Story 2 Brian Levant Warner PremiereWarner Bros. Pictures Direct-to-video film 2013 Tarzan Reinhard Klooss Ambient EntertainmentConstantin Film  2014 Behaving Badly Tim Garrick Vertical Entertainment  5 Flights Up Richard Loncraine Focus World  2016 Army of One Larry Charles Conde Nast EntertainmentEndgame EntertainmentKasbah-Film Tanger 2017 Girls Trip Malcolm D. Lee Universal PicturesWill Packer Productions  Naked Michael Tiddes NetflixWayans Alvarez Productions  2018 Night School Malcolm D. Lee Universal Pictures  2019 Pets United Reinhard Klooss Netflix 

2020s

 Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 2021 West Side Story Steven Spielberg 20th Century StudiosAmblin Entertainment As arranger and adapter.Original themes and songs by Leonard Bernstein.Fifth Steven Spielberg film without his long-time collaborator, John Williams, since Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), The Color Purple (1985), Bridge of Spies (2015) and Ready Player One (2018). Bridge of Spies was composed by Thomas Newman, David Newman's younger brother.

Television
 Year Title Creator Studio(s) Notes 2019-2022 Green Eggs and Ham Jared Stern Gulfstream PicturesA Stern Talking ToA Very Good ProductionWarner Bros. AnimationNetflix Newman's first score for an animated series

Awards
He received an Academy Award nomination for writing the score to the 1997 movie Anastasia.

Family
He was an cousin of Randy Newman.

 References 

Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:American movie score composers
Category:American conductors